My game, for whatever reason, continually freezes up when I try playing. I just installed it on steam and whenever I play (could be 30 seconds, could be 5 minutes) the game will just freeze up and crash. I have tried most of the well known fixes for crash issues, such as changing the .ini file by switching multi-core settings, and have also tried installing mod manager. Vanilla to patched, the game continues to crash. I haven't been able to make it past the test sequence from the story "when you are 16".

HALP!

See: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1465357-installing-fallout-3-with-windows-78-and-xp/right here in this forum. It also applies to WIndows 10. Pay particular attention to that part about moving your steam installation out of Program Files.